Large plumes of smoke could be seen for miles around as 16 firefighters raced to the incident.

Luckily, no-one was seriously injured in the fire and all of the occupants were accounted for when three fire crews from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service attended.

Today, neighbours who were also evacuated spoke about the fire.

Lorraine Petchey, who lives next door to the house where the fire broke out, said: "At around 4am, we heard all the shouting, people telling us to get out as our next door neighbour's upstairs was on fire.

Severe damage was caused to a house on Ashby High Street following a fire (Image: Sarah Washbourn)

"So we all came downstairs and out of the house and we were trying to get all our numbers out of the house.

"After we made sure everyone was out of their house, we all stood on the street and just watched the fire – it seemed to happen really quickly, the windows smashed and it looked like the whole house would burn.

"We were worried about our house, I wanted to make sure everyone was out and that my dog and cat were out. But we were lucky, we only have some water damage on the roof."

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Lorraine said she heard loud bangs from the house while she was out on the street and was worried that fireworks were going off.

But Kevin Jollands, who also lives nearby, said he thought bulbs on Christmas lights on the property were causing the bangs.

He said: "I was worried that it was fireworks too and that they would go off and cause more damage, but I remembered that they have Christmas lights up there and that the fire was popping the bulbs out."

Firefighters at the scene on Ashby High Street yesterday morning (Image: James Wishart)

Another Ashby High Street resident, who did not wish to be named, said: "We were woken up at 4am, it really was not nice.

"I’m a bit shaken it up by it all, it was a traumatic experience."

Firefighters were faced with the home well alight and six crew members wore breathing apparatus sets to gain access to the property and hose water on the fire.

A Humberside Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman confirmed the fire started in a bedroom.

She said "It was a severe fire. There was smoke and heat damage to the whole of the house."